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He felt more at ease among them than among the notables of the borough, and he did not regret having accepted Claudet's invitation. "I am glad I came," murmured he in Reine's ear, "and I never have eaten with so much enjoyment!" "Ah! I am glad of it," replied the young girl, gayly, "perhaps now you will begin to like our woods."
Although greatly averse to following the notary's advice as to seeking Claudet's assistance, he found himself compelled to do so, but was met by such laconic and surly answers that he concluded it would be more dignified on his part to dispense with the services of one who was so badly disposed toward him.
Claudet's conscience reminded him of several rare frolics, chance love-affairs, meetings in the woods, and so on, and he feared the priest might have told Reine some unfavorable stories about him. "Ah!" he continued, clenching his fists, "if this old poacher in a cassock has done me an ill turn with you, he will not have much of a chance for paradise!"
Nevertheless, Julien, who was unaccustomed to such bibulous festivals and such unbridled license of language, took it all literally, and reproached himself more than ever with having yielded to Claudet's entreaties. At last the table was deserted, and the marking of the limits of the hunt began.
The avowal of his hopes neither surprised nor hurt her; that which pained her was the intervention of Julien, who had taken in hand the cause of his relative. Was it possible that this same M. de Buxieres, who had made so audacious a display of his tender feeling in the hut, could now come forward as Claudet's advocate, as if it were the most natural thing in the world for him to do?
"I!" protested Julien. He felt humiliated at Claudet's perspicacity; but he had too much pride and selfrespect to let his preferred rival know of his unfortunate passion.
He felt more at ease among them than among the notables of the borough, and he did not regret having accepted Claudet's invitation. "I am glad I came," murmured he in Reine's ear, "and I never have eaten with so much enjoyment!" "Ah! I am glad of it," replied the young girl, gayly, "perhaps now you will begin to like our woods."
Reine, knowing Claudet's violent disposition, and wishing to avoid trouble for the cure, thought it advisable to have recourse to evasion. "Monsieur le Cure," said she, "has had no part in my decision. He has not spoken against you, and deserves no reproaches from you." "In that case, why do you send me away?"
Reine, knowing Claudet's violent disposition, and wishing to avoid trouble for the cure, thought it advisable to have recourse to evasion. "Monsieur le Cure," said she, "has had no part in my decision. He has not spoken against you, and deserves no reproaches from you." "In that case, why do you send me away?"
I have promised to be there, and it is certain that Reine Vincart, who has bought the Ronces property, will not fail to be present at the ceremony." Julien had already the words on his lips for declining Claudet's offer, when the name of Reine Vincart produced an immediate change in his resolution.
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